If people are comfortable, maybe we could share the stories about how we got involved in this multi-colored, red-nosed side of WAM. I'll share mine to start:

As a kid I remember a TV commercial for the Big Apple Circus that featured "Grandma the Clown" and it was one of the first times I really saw the funny side of clowns rather than the side that a lot of people find more off-putting. I don't know why but that always stuck in my head, so when I started getting into WAM, clowns and clowning were something I gravitated towards. Initially, even as I started getting myself messy rather than just seeing others get messy, I never thought about clowning myself until I found a rainbow clown wig and nose (I my grandma's house of all places .) I put on the wig and nose and thought about how funny I looked in the mirror and how much funnier I would look with a face full of shaving cream. Fastforward to a few years ago when I finally got my hands on a wig and red nose of my own and proceeded to take more pies than I ever had before. It was some of the most fun I have ever had with WAM! Since then I have only gotten more interested in clowning and how to get even deeper into it. I bought my first clown suit last summer and tried my first pie session in full makeup, a suit, a wig, and a big red nose. It was even more of a silly, humiliating rush than I could have hoped for . I have a lot of clowning bucket list items I want to check off now that I'll hopefully be able to share with all of you on here!

That's the gist of my path to wearing size 37 shoes. I'd love to hear someone else's!

For me it was the pure silliness of slapstick whilst in character

So did you have slapstick experience before becoming Patsy Pastry?

I guess that for those of us who are of the 'older persuasion', circus clowns were probably our first experience grown ups getting wet and messy with their clothes on! It was subversive and just a bit scary. I loved it!

You must be the Tiswas generation like me then

Absolutely Patsy, and silent comedy movies at Children's Saturday Matinees!

In terms of clowns; Charlie Carrolli was a big influence.

I always wanted to be Sally James, just get more messy

They also showed famous pie fights, like The Great Race x

Partly pie fights in old movies and Great Race of course but also it was a safe way for a boy to be covered in makeup. That was my kink before the mess took over. The feeling and smell of greasepaint, spirit gum and false noses still turn me on. Then Tiswas and all the gungings made me realise the face was incomplete if it wasn't totally trashed by pies. I've never looked back.

For me was Billy Rose jumbo when Martha raye and Doris Day did the washer woman routine on full makeup and costumes, Martha raye with huge boobs and ass. I was very young but I remember getting aroused , after that I started to get my mother big dresses and staff it with cushions and pillows trying to look the same, the wam follow quick after the clowning, the great escape was the start of my wam fetish

I saw a TV clips when I was about 5 or 6 of a woman with large breast and clown makeup. Years later I found out that clown was named Knockers the Klown who was the alter ego of Dr. Ducky Doolittle a sexologist. I stumbled upon a few clips of her (most of which have been lost) clowning around and pieing other clowns during private sex parties.

I was always very afraid of clowns growing up. But i also liked watching bozo the clown and one of my favorite wrestlers in the 90s was a clown. In my twenties I started understanding my kinks and began watching clown wam. It wasn't until I confessed to my wife that i had always been turned on by clowns that she made my dreams come true over 10 years ago. She was the first clown i had personally been face to face with and it was amazing.

Wow. Lucky lucky man! I hope to be in your position one day!

I feel like Giggles from Jimmy Neutron (voiced by Ben Stein) was some deep-seeded awakening. I honestly just loved any of his work when I was younger and love the sound of his voice. I joke that I'm a "D-List Clown Nepo Baby" though. However, for safety/identity's sake I never publicly disclose why.

First interest was on a Canadian-produced show "Circus" that aired in the late 70's, early 80s. I can't find it anywhere b/c most of it was pre-VCR days, but they aired a coed clown skit that was, to this day, one of the messiest slapstick bits I've ever seen: Bathtub full of pie filling kind of stuff; it was completely off the rails.

Meeting Alyson Court in our 20s (Big Comfy Couch star, and hot AF in civilian clothes) was a close second.

I remember a visit to the circus whilst on holiday when I was young. A guy was brought up on stage and the clowns did a barber shop skit which involved bringing a guy from the audience up on stage and plonking a bucket of foam over his head. I'm sure we can all relate to that feeling of equal parts excitement and terror at the thought of being forced up for the same treatment. I also remember an episode of Sooty that had a big effect on me in which Matthew dresses up as a clown and gets pied a lot. I wanted to be in his (big) shoes! I also remember going to Pantos as a kid and enjoying the campy silliness which clowns excel at.

I don't need to dress up as a clown every time I take a pie but when I do it makes it extra special!

Sex can be silly in and of itself. The clown was originally a ribald character with sexy overtones to the humor. Why not bring it into the bedroom nowadays?

We take ourselves way to seriously. Sometimes it's best to create a personal you can let go of all the crazy shit of life and just have fun and get off.

That's what Miffy & Blitz are to us.